The Emerging Markets Challenge (EMC) is an annual competition organized for pre-university-students in Singapore. The EMC hopes to provide students the opportunity to learn Economics through an engaging, interactive, and experiential platform. Currently in its 3rd run, National Junior College is one of the co-organizers of the 2015 EMC. GoBeyond.SG is proud to be a partner in this competition.
Here's an announcement from the organizing committee of the preliminary round.

Dear Teams,

Thank you for all your submissions. After much deliberation, we have finally selected 8 teams to go through into the next round of the competition.

The top scoring team from the Preliminary Round will advance directly to the Grand Finals, while 7 more teams will advance to the Semi Finals.

The top scoring team for the preliminary round is:

The 7 teams that will advance to the Semi Finals, in no order of merit, are:

Congratulations to all the successful teams!

Both the Semi Finals and the Grand Finals will be held on 28 March 2015, at National Junior College’s Ngee Ann Kongsi Performing Arts Theatre. The top 4 teams of the Semi Finals will proceed to the Grand Finals, joining the top team from the preliminary round.

Lunch will be provided for the 5 teams in the finals, and teams are to register by the stipulated registration times.

The event schedule is as follows:

Time

Event

0800 – 0820

Team Registration

0820 – 0830

Arrival of Judges

0830 – 0835

Emcee opening / Start of Semi-Finals

0835 – 1020

Semi Finals

1020 – 1035

Break – Judges to deliberate

1035 – 1045

Announcement of Semi-Final Results

1045 – 1340

Lunch

1340 – 1345

Emcee opening

1345 – 1355

Arrival of Guest of Honour and Judges

1355 – 1400

Principal’s Speech / Start of Finals

1400 – 1600

Grand Finals

1600 – 1610

Guest of Honour’s Speech / Judges’ Deliberation

1610 – 1620

Announcement of Results

1620 – 1640

Prize Presentation and Closing

The Grand Finals will be a good opportunity for students to learn about the myriad complexities and challenges faced by countries today. With an audience participation segment included in the finals, teams watching will be able to have a direct impact on the overall scores of the finalists. All participating teams are cordially invited to attend the Grand Finals. Certificates of Participation will be presented to all teams during the prize presentation ceremony, and refreshments will be provided after the event.